The Invincible Art of Oriental Invincibility

The next day was still dark, the Queen Mother Zhou slowly got up and lifted the bed curtain, and the old mother You Huayu stepped forward to hang the bed curtain and helped the Queen Mother up.

While waiting for the Empress Dowager Zhou to get up, Hua Yu smiled and asked, "Why did the Empress Dowager get up so early today?"

Empress Dowager Zhou smiled and said to Hua Yu: "I heard Liu Chang's slave say that the Ai family has a new grandson and I feel happy for a while. I wish I could see him sooner."

Hua Yu said, "Sure enough, every grandmother loves her grandson."

The Empress Dowager Zhou patted Hua Yu's hand and said with emotion: "You also know, that child Youji left early, and the emperor hasn't had a son for so many years, can the Ai family not be in a hurry."

"Yes, yes." Hua Yu opened the door in response, and the maids guarding outside the bedroom came in one after another holding copper basins, spittoons and other supplies.

The Empress Dowager Zhou sat in front of the mirror, and Hua Yu combed the hair of the Empress Dowager Zhou with her own hands. The Empress Dowager Zhou explained to Hua Yu:

"Go, tell Liu Chang to bring the child to Ai's family quickly." After finishing speaking, the Queen Mother Zhou heard the sound of rain outside the house, frowned and asked Hua Yu: "The rain hasn't stopped, it's been raining for a little while now. It's been a month."

Hua Yu also frowned: "That's right, I heard that the south has become a swamp country, and countless people have drowned."

Empress Dowager Zhou clasped her hands together: "Amitabha, what should we do? Is God punishing us Daming?"

Hua Yu comforted the Empress Dowager Zhou: "The Empress Dowager and Daming have a long history of blessings. How could God punish Daming? Didn't you find your grandson?"

The Empress Dowager Zhou was successfully distracted by Huayu:

"Yes, tell Liu Chang to invite your highness over here. It's raining heavily outside, so he ordered someone to heat up the west anteroom, and asked them to come over later and change into clean, warm clothes."

Hua Yu responded, and someone behind her had already stepped out to convey the Queen Mother's will to Liu Chang.

Hua Yu watched the messenger go away and then gave a look to the dozen or so maids around her, who quietly left the empress dowager's bedroom.

"Queen Mother, there is a saying that I don't know if I should say it or not." Hua Yu turned her face sideways and her eyes were long and narrow. Even though she was old, her slender hands were still beautiful.

Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Huayu in the mirror:

"You have been Aijia's personal girl since you were a child, and there is nothing you can't say about your friendship over the years."

Hua Yu laughed, her brows and eyes slightly raised: "This servant is worried that the Queen Mother likes His Highness, but other people in the palace may not like it. People in the palace are sinister, and danger is hard to guard against."

The Empress Dowager Zhou frowned, she knew who Hua Yu was talking about: "The Ai family you said also thought about it, and the Ai family thought about it all night. If this child is a good one, he will be taken to Renshou Palace and be raised by the Ai family himself. .”

Hua Yu smiled and complimented the Queen Mother Zhou: "The Queen Mother is thoughtful."

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It was still dark and there was already a knock on the door. Listening carefully, it was not the usual scolding of the nuns, but a strange, slightly sharp male voice.

As soon as Ji Moyu heard it, he knew it was a father-in-law.

"Aunt Ji, are you awake?"

Zhu Youtang recognized Liu Chang's voice, got out of bed and said to Ji Moyu:

"Eunuch Liu, the Chief Manager next to the Queen Mother."

Ji Moyu was puzzled and asked:

"What is he doing?"

Zhu Youtang smiled: "Probably there is good news."

He opened the door and let Liu Chang in. Behind Liu Chang was a little eunuch of eleven or twelve, holding a set of clothes for the little eunuch in his hand.

Liu Chang slightly half-kneeled to salute Ji Moyu, but Ji Moyu couldn't bear it and had to dodge.

Now Ji Moyu is a little court lady with no rank, and Liu Chang is the chief eunuch in the Empress Dowager's palace, such etiquette is also for Zhu Youtang's sake to give Ji Moyu enough face.

Ji Moyu asked:

"Eunuch Liu?"

Liu Chang smiled and said to Ji Moyu:

"There's good news. The Queen Mother wants to see His Royal Highness."

Ji Moyu looked at Zhu Youtang worriedly, Zhu Youtang signaled Ji Moyu to be relieved.

The little eunuch next to Liu Chang handed the clothes to Zhu Youtang, and Liu Chang said, "Just to prevent anyone with a heart from knowing that it's not good for His Highness, please His Highness be wronged first, and wear our slave clothes."

Zhu Youtang waved his hand: "Father-in-law is polite."

After changing clothes, Zhu Youtang hunched over like that little eunuch and followed behind Liu Chang, and walked through the corridor for a long time in small steps to Renshou Palace.

Even though they had umbrellas, they walked a lot in the corridors along the way, but the three of them were still wet and shivered when the wind blew.

Liu Chang pointed to the eleven-year-old eunuch and said, "Xiao Dezi, go back and change your clothes, don't freeze."

After the little eunuch left, Liu Chang took Zhu Youtang to an ear room on the west side of Renshou Palace in the capital that had already been warmed up.

The small second room is also very luxuriously furnished. The ground dragon is burned in this room. Zhu Youtang's wet feet step on the soft carpet and he can only feel the warmth passing through the soles of his feet and reaching his whole body. His eyes lightly look at the small room. Disasters from all over the world have never affected the emperor's family. Even though countless people were drowned and starved to death outside, the food and clothing in the palace are still luxurious, and no one cares about the people outside the palace.

There were only Liu Chang and Zhu Youtang in the ear room. After changing into clean clothes, Liu Chang carefully told Zhu Youtang:

"Your Highness is smart and doesn't need to be taught by our family. The Empress Dowager takes pity on His Highness's life experience, so cleverness is the second priority, but pity must be there. Your Highness wants the Queen Mother to take His Highness back to Renshou Palace to raise him. This is the safest way."

Zhu Youtang nodded: "Eunuch, don't worry."

After walking out of the penthouse, Huayu had brought people to wait outside, and when she saw Zhu Youtang and Liu Chang coming out, a pair of seemingly gentle but sharp eyes fell on Zhu Youtang without leaving any traces.

Liu Chang saluted Hua Yu with a smile: "Why did Mammy come in person?"

Hua Yu chuckled: "The Empress Dowager was anxious to see His Highness, so she ordered me to come quickly to pick him up. This is His Highness, he really looks like His Majesty when he was young."

Zhu Youtang crossed his hands obediently and bowed to Hua Yu: "Mother Hua."

Hua Yu dodged a little bit and refused to accept the gift: "Your Majesty can't afford a big gift from Your Highness, Your Highness should go with your servant to see the Empress Dowager."

After speaking, he stretched out his hand to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang was startled and a little embarrassed, but he pretended to be a stubborn child and said, "Nurse, Youtang is already seven years old."

Hua Yu was taken aback for a moment, then put down her hands and laughed, "Still stubborn."

Hua Yu led Zhu Youtang and Liu Chang followed by the three of them through the verandah of Dashan Hall to the Nuan Pavilion west of the main hall of Renshou Palace.

There were maids guarding the door, and when they saw Hua Yu and Liu Chang coming with Zhu Youtang, they quickly opened the curtain.

Entering the Nuan Pavilion, there is a door, and you have entered the Nuan Pavilion. The hot air and incense are lingering around you. On the heated kang in the center of the Nuan Pavilion, there is a man wearing a red and gold silk embroidered double-breasted jacket, and a wide seahorse. .An old woman in her 50s wearing a eyebrow mask, Zhu Youtang immediately knew that this was the Queen Mother Zhou.

Step up and bow down:

"Youtang pays homage to the Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Zhou was supported by Hua Yu: "Raise your head and let Aijia see."

Zhu Youtang raised his face with words, his eyes were clear, only to hear the surprise on the face of the Empress Dowager Zhou:

"He's a handsome child, look how much his features look like the emperor's when he was a child..." The surprise on his face couldn't be restrained, "My child, come to Ai's house."

Zhu Youtang kowtowed to Queen Mother Zhou, then stood up and walked towards Queen Mother Zhou, his steps were steady, his eyes were steady, and he did not show any fear of Queen Mother Zhou.

The Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Hua Yu with a smile all over her face: "Who is the mother? She raised the little prince so well!"

Hua Yu reported: "Ms. Ji, the court lady of the inner court, is now in the Anle Hall."

The Empress Dowager Zhou nodded: "You are a smart person, come on, child, what do you say is your name?"

Zhu Youtang said, "Youtang."

"Can you write?" Queen Mother Zhou asked.

Zhu Youtang nodded: "Mother taught me."

The Queen Mother Zhou glanced at Liu Chang, and Liu Chang ordered someone to hand over a pen and paper quickly.

Zhu Youtang finished writing and handed it to the Empress Dowager Zhou. The Empress Dowager Zhou nodded after reading it: "Although the name was given to you by your mother, it's not too bad, and it has some meaning." Eyebrows beaming in his arms, "What a rare good boy!"

Liu Chang also breathed a sigh of relief.

Hua Yu quietly watched the Queen Mother Zhou happily hugging Zhu Youtang by her side and letting Zhu Youtang eat snacks.

Zhu Youtang stayed with Empress Dowager Zhou for a day, Ji Moyu was worried all day, and at night Zhu Youtang said to Empress Dowager Zhou:

"Empress Dowager, Youtang is going back to find his mother."

Zhu Youtang was young and smart, and the Queen Mother Zhou who was teasing around the Queen Mother Zhou was always happy. When the Queen Mother heard that Zhu Youtang was going back, she was a little bit reluctant: "You stay in Renshou Palace today, and tomorrow I will order someone to go. Pick up your mother."

Zhu Youtang shook his head: "Mother will be restless if she doesn't see Youchan, and tomorrow Youchan will come with her mother to meet the Empress Dowager." As he spoke, he moved closer to Queen Mother Zhou and shook her sleeve.

Zhu Jianshen's son died early, and few grandsons of the Empress Dowager Zhou were willing to act like a spoiled child to her like Zhu Youtang, so she immediately softened her heart and patted Zhu Youtang's head: "The Ai family ordered Liu Chang to send you back. Tomorrow, you and your mother So I moved here, with Aijia protecting you, no one can hurt you."

Zhu Youtang smiled and put his arms around Queen Mother Zhou.

Coming out of Renshou Palace, Liu Chang walked ahead with lanterns on, the sky was gloomy, and a single lamp was shining alone in the secluded verandah.

Liu Chang was filled with emotion. He had rarely seen a seven-year-old child in the palace for so many years who spoke without leaking, but was not disgusting. He didn't care whether Zhu Youtang could understand or not, and suddenly said in a low voice:

"After tomorrow, I'm afraid that sooner or later, His Highness will have a share in the Great Ming Dynasty. At that time, His Highness will also ask His Highness to support this old slave."

Zhu Youtang was not surprised by Liu Chang's words, and nodded: "Grandfather's great kindness, Youchan will never forget it."

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Dongfang Bubai on Heimuya read the secret letter sent back from Beijing and handed it to Aunt Hong beside him: "Take a look, he's still fine."

Honggu took the letter and read it many times before she said to Dongfang Bubai: "After all, I'm still trapped in a cage, which is better than being free on a cliff."

Dongfang Bubai looked at Honggu with cold eyes: "He can be the crown prince when he goes back, he can be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but on the cliff he can only be a young child."

Hong Gu wanted to say that not everyone is willing to be an emperor, and Zhu Youtang knows something like a child, but she didn't dare to challenge Dongfang Bubai's patience with her.

"What about the leader? You don't want to be the emperor?" Hong Gu asked a more pleasing question.

Dongfang Bubai didn't answer Honggu, he stood in front of the window and looked at the heavy rain outside and said in his heart: Yes, I used to think about it.

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1: Everyone chatted in the author group today. The other authors knew that the author actually filled in the old hole two years ago in the daily update. The author was moved by the author. After thinking about it, I was moved by myself.

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